Welcome to my new site. I have started a new project, making hats, blankets and some clothing for the Preemies in the NICU. They are in need of hats to keep their body heat in, blankets to help the parents feel more comfortable with this tiny person that is here too early, and clothing that is made in their hard to find sizes. All the patterns are designed by me. If you like them and use them frequently, enter a donation. All money will be used on the babies. Thank you for visiting.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Black Friday is a day I don't like going out to the mall or stores. That is the rule I lived by until Joann Fabric's flyer came in the mail! Fleece was on sale for $2.99 a yard and then a coupon for 25% off the final total, yes I will be there as early as I can. I was up and ready to leave by 8:00. It's going to be great, hardly any traffic. Don't see many people either. When the car was parked, I noticed people coming out of the store with carts piled high with fleece. Good, I want to get some too for the babies. I waited for a cart and then off I went. I headed straight for the fleece aisle. There were some new patterns that I claimed. A lot were missing. I strolled up to the cutting counter to pick a number. Mine was 71 and they were on 44! I am in for a wait. I stood still for a few minutes and they weren't moving customers too fast because everyone had lots of fleece to be measured in their carts.

I went to another section of the store to get yarn for the scarves I am selling then picked a few other things up and returned to the cutting counter. Every once in a while one of the workers would go by with a cart of fleece to return to the display and I grabbed some new ones. It took 2 hours before it was my turn, but that was okay. I got my pretties cut and off to the register I went. Good thing I don't have to hide this from anyone ~ there are too many bags!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

It's been really busy here. I have been filling orders for hats, blankets, cuddle sacs and gowns. It got to the point I was falling behind on everything. I had a few hats left and not much else. Then I hit the craft stores. One by one I bought all the pretty fleece I could find and also yarn that I didn't have. Got some really good deals too. I had quite a few large bags by the time I got home. Bob just laughed. It took a few days, but I finally got all the fleece cut and made into pretty little blankets. Now I can sit and crochet. I went into automatic mode. I made quite a few hats, a few cuddle sacs, and let's not forget the gowns. Some of the things. like the gowns are already ordered. I have a few boxes ready to be shipped, one is going to England. Yes, I am still enjoying what I am doing and will keep it up as long as I can. So please keep the donations coming. I really appreciate the help. Tomorrow if my camera will let me, I will post a new hat pattern I just made yesterday.....